Quality - The Word for 2016

Happy 2016! I am not one for making New Year's resolutions, but I do like the challenge of picking an inspiring word for the year and working towards goals associated with it.  For this year, I chose the word quality.  I want to strive for quality in all that I do...the time I spend with my family, the foods that I eat, the art that I make.  If something is worth doing it is worth doing right! I created this tag as a reminder throughout the year, not just for the first few days of January. While I was working on this, it gave me time to reflect on what I can do to make 2016 a great year.

 

If you want to see just how I made this, then head over to the ColourArte Blog for the full tutorial. 

Supplies

• ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glaze: Olive Vine; Warm Grey; Golden Monarch; Teal Zircon; Mango Mamba
• ColourArte Twinkling H2O's: Good News; Lucky Apple; African Jade; Deep Coral; Rose Gold; Celestial Sun
• ColourArte Radiant Gels: Olive Vine
• ColourArte Primary Elements: Guatemalan Green
• ColourArte Radiant Rain: Seafoam
• ColourArte Radiant Rain Dauber: Rich Cobalt
• Prima 3D Gloss Gel; Heavy Gesso, Velvet Leaf, Watercolor Pencils (black); Distressing tool
• DecoArt Americana Flat Acrylic Paint: Sweet Mint; Indian Turquoise
• Tim Holtz Stencil :  Lace
• TCW Stencil: Mini Raven Mosaic
• Creative Embellishments: Steampunk Corner Set Chipboard
• IndigoBlu: Bloomin' Great Stamp Set
• May Arts Ribbon: Aqua Tulle
• USArtQuest Mini Prills: Coral Sea; Orange Juice
• Marion Smith: Flower Stamens
• Manilla Tag

Challenges: 

Creative Embellishments: January Inspiration

IndigoBlu: All That Sparkles 

Mixed Media Angel

Things are finally calming down from the holidays, and then the whirlwind of creating projects for CHA - so, I have a moment to share a canvas that I finished.  There are so many layers on this (the figure actually has a layer of cheesecloth underneath). The flower was stamped onto old dictionary paper and embossed, then cut out and applied to the canvas.  The finished piece is 12 x 12 on wood.

Supplies:
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Dioxazine Purple, Titanium White, Quinacridone Gold, Cadmium Red, Interference Gold, Green Gold, Paynes Grey, Burnt Umber
DecoArt Antiquing Cream: English Red Oxide, Patina Green
DecoArt Decou-page Matte
DecoArt Mediums:  Crackle Paste, Modeling Paste, Gesso, Matte Medium
DecoArt Americana Stencils: Classic  - Acanthas Borders; Vintage Stencils - French Writing
Stampendous - Blossom Beauty Stamp

Challenge: PaperArtsy: Fragile Papers